Valencia to Silla

What you pass through

Every place on the path in order, with the distance from Valencia. Most are too small to sleep in — a fountain, a chapel, a bar that may or may not be open — but they are what the day is actually made of.

1. start
   Valencia10 to stayBar · food

   The Camino de Levante leaves Valencia heading south through the suburbs of l'Horta Sud. The walking is urban and flat — all on roads through Alfafar, Massanassa, and Catarroja before reaching Silla at about 15 km. The official first stage goes all the way to Algemesí (38 km), but Silla is a sensible first stop.

   Don't be put off by descriptions of "industrial slog" — there's a short stretch through a polígono industrial, but it's storage depots, not heavy industry. The suburban towns are pleasant enough and give you a glimpse of everyday Spanish life outside the tourist center.

2. 6.7 km
   AlfafarBar · food

   Alfafar is a suburb of Valencia in the comarca of l'Horta Sud. There's a 14th-century church worth a glance as you pass through. The town has basic services — bars, shops — but most pilgrims will push through to Silla. T…

3. 8.9 km
   MassanassaBar · food

   Massanassa is another suburb in l'Horta Sud, on the way to Silla. No notable pilgrim services. The town blends into the continuous urban fabric of greater Valencia — you'll barely notice the transition from one municipal…

4. 10.5 km
   CatarrojaBar · food

   Catarroja sits on the edge of the Albufera Natural Park, Valencia's famous freshwater lagoon. The town itself is unremarkable for pilgrims, but if you have time, the Albufera is one of Spain's most important wetlands — i…

5. 16.1 km
   Silla4 to stayBar · food

   Leaving Silla, the camino follows a country road through flat agricultural land to Almussafes. The profile is flat all the way to Algemesí. After Benifaió, it's farmland again — rice paddies, orange groves, and the open sky of the Valencian plain.